Alphas & Betas

MMOs in various stages of testing and crowdfunding, playable and… not. Don’t forget to follow our Betawatch and Make My MMO columns for a weekly rundown. [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

Pax Dei releases new in-engine trailer, talks about its business model and housing plots

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Last night, Mainframe Industries dropped another new trailer for MMORPG sandbox Pax Dei, showcasing its gorgeous characters and world - admittedly, in all their...

Here’s how to get in on Friday’s Monsters and Memories four-hour stress test

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Monsters & Memories isn't fooling around as it prepares for a full weekend playtest later this month. The retro-styled MMO already had one limited...

Tarisland has officially launched in China ahead of next week’s global rollout

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Even though Tarisland's big global debut isn't scheduled until next week, Tencent's anticipated fantasy MMO already launched in its target country of China. The...

Tibia dev previews guild features for its new zombie MMO Persist Online

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Persist Online, the self-described "true, old-school MMORPG – but with zombies, guns, and baseball bats instead of orcs, mages, and spells" that's totally not...

SGF 2024: Path of Exile 2 is fun and satisfying, but it’s still no cakewalk

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MJ is MOP's resident Path of Exile person, and I'm sure she'll get the core-fans some red meat once she gets her hands on...
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BitCraft outlines the Empire system coming in its second alpha as a main source of monetization

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The good news is that anyone can be the emperor in BitCraft's Empire system, which will be available for testing within the game's second...

Scars of Honor highlights visual progress on environments, weather effects, and models in June dev update

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It's time for yet another monthly update from Scars of Honor, with developer Beast Burst Entertainment showcasing all of the visual update efforts made...

Valheim launches to Mac players, V Rising arrives to PlayStation 5

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This week is all about proliferation of Iron Gate's and Stunlock Studios' survival sandboxes, as both Valheim and V Rising have expanded to new...

Wayfinder returns to Steam today with buy-to-play Echoes update and slick new animated feature

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Airship Syndicate is putting forth all of the stops to call attention to the return of Wayfinder, as the action RPG has now shifted...

SGF 2024: Aloft is a cozy Ghibli-inspired PvE-centric survival sandbox in the sky

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When I first heard about Aloft while planning for Summer Games Fest 2024, I figured it would just be a cute multiplayer survival game;...

SGF 2024: A quick look at Capcom’s Monster Hunter Stories Collection

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I know many people looking at will see "Monster Hunter" in the title here and wonder why it doesn't say, "Wilds," but that comes...

Progress Bar: Wayfinder is in a much better place as an offline game

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Normally we're the sort of gamers who advocate for more MMOs and multiplayer games, not less. We're also all about games being preserved. Therein...

Evercore Heroes highlights the roly-poly Beko, discusses its magic and death systems

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The upcoming retooled co-op roguelike Evercore Heroes will require players to take up one of three roles: tank, DPS, or healer. So who will...

Polaris is an upcoming four-player PvE shooter featuring fully destructible environments

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Yes, we've got another upcoming multiplayer shooter on our hands, but this one might have enough interesting wrinkles to it to raise it above...
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SGF 2024: Multiplayer RTS Stormgate debuts opening cinematic and Celestials faction

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The beginning of this year saw hungry RTS fans toss all of the money at Stormgate, an upcoming multiplayer strategy game from developer Frost...

The Quinfall offers a video overview of farming, animal husbandry, and building a personal plot

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Sandbox MMORPG Quinfall has once more shared a narration-free video preview, this time offering interested fans a look at how to stake a claim...

SGF 2024: Airship sandbox Echoes of Elysium releases new trailer about the fun of sky captaincy

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Ready to take to the virtual skies in your own hand-crafted airship? After its initial reveal earlier this spring, Echoes of Elysium is making...

SGF 2024: Hands-on with NetEase’s team shooter Marvel Rivals

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There are lots of Summer Games Fest embargos still in place and more coming this week, but fortunately NetEase's Marvel Rivals is something I can...

Stormforge is a new multiplayer survival sandbox inspired by D&D and The Stormlight Archive

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Among the new multiplayer games announced this weekend during not-E3 is a fresh "open-world fantasy survival crafting game" called Stormforge (you might have heard...
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Corepunk rallies for another alpha test attempt in July following its borked spring alpha

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It's safe to say that Corepunk's alpha test earlier this month delivered a mixed bag of results. While the test showed high interest and...